# PK
## Translingual
### Etymology 1
#### Symbol

PK
* (metrology) Symbol for petakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 10$^{15}$ kelvins.

### Etymology 2
#### Symbol

PK
* (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Pakistan.
    Synonym: PAK (alpha-3)

## English
### Noun

PK (countable and uncountable, plural PKs)
* (US) Initialism of preacher's kid, pastor's kid or priest's kid: the child of a clergyman and/or clergywoman, especially Protestant.
** 1906, Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education, Religious Education
    The traditional community image of the pk (preacher's kid) and the social control function of gossip in relation to the minister's wife underline the interlocking nature […]
** 1998, Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., My Soul's Been Anchored: A Preacher's Heritage in the Faith:I was a typical PK (preacher's kid), full of mischief, full of life and insatiable curiosity.
** 2005, Warren L. Braun, Was It a Miracle?:And after all, I was a PK (preacher's kid) and no one wanted to play with a PK in any case! It might be catching, like the measles!
* (parapsychology) Initialism of psychokinesis.
* (computing, databases) Initialism of primary key.
* (video games, roleplaying games) Initialism of player kill(er/ing).
* (American football) Initialism of placekicker.
* (US, soccer) Initialism of penalty kick.
* (ice hockey) Initialism of penalty kill(ing).
* (biochemistry) Initialism of protein kinase.
* (informal, pharmacology) Initialism of painkiller.
** 1999 January 4, Kelly Potts, “Re: genetic traits”, in alt.native‎ (Usenet):I know a guy who had surgery done and he is now addicted to the PKs. I had a problem with a popular recreational substance about ten years ago and I'm realy not looking forward to counting that coup again. As it is now, I have a pile of PKs that the doc. gave me. I don't use them unless I can't even sit up.
** 2017, Sean Avery, Offside: My Life Crossing the Line, [Toronto]: Viking Press, →ISBN, page unknown:But between the Toradol, Sudafed, Adderall, Vicodin, Percocet, and other PKs (painkillers), you didn't really need to buy street drugs. You could find the right state of mind right in the trainer's room.
* (medicine) Initialism of penetrating keratoplasty.

#### Synonyms

* (preacher's kid): child of the manse

#### Derived terms

* (player kill): PKer

### Anagrams

* KP

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English PK.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pīkèi
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧ ㄎㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pi$^1$ kei$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: PK
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄧ ㄎㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pikèi
*** Wade–Giles: pʻi$^1$-kʻei$^4$
*** Yale: pī-kèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pikey
*** Palladius: пикэй (pikɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵⁵ kʰeɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pi$^1$ kei$^1$
*** Yale: pī kēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pi$^1$ kei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pi$^1$ kéi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiː⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/

#### Noun

PK
* (slang) player killing (player-versus-player conflict in MMORPGs and MUDs)

#### Verb

PK
* (slang) to challenge; to compete with; to take somebody on as a rival; to compare the merits of two things

### Etymology 2

Initialism of 仆街 (puk1 gaai1, “bitch; jerk, etc.”).

#### Pronunciation 1

* Cantonese (Jyutping): puk$^1$ gaai$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: puk$^1$ gaai$^1$
*** Yale: pūk gāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: puk$^7$ gaai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pug$^1$ gai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰʊk̚⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/

##### Noun

PK
* (Cantonese, vulgar) Synonym of 仆街 (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)

##### Verb

P⫽K (verb-object)
* (Cantonese, vulgar) Synonym of 仆街

##### Adjective

PK
* (Cantonese, vulgar) Synonym of 仆街

##### Interjection

PK
* (Cantonese, vulgar) Synonym of 仆街

#### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese (Jyutping): pi$^1$ kei$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pi$^1$ kei$^1$
*** Yale: pī kēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pi$^1$ kei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pi$^1$ kéi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiː⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/

##### Noun

PK
* (Cantonese, euphemistic) Synonym of 仆街 (Classifier: 個／个 c; 條／条 c)

##### Verb

P⫽K (verb-object)
* (Cantonese, euphemistic) Synonym of 仆街

##### Adjective

PK
* (Cantonese, euphemistic) Synonym of 仆街

##### Interjection

PK
* (Cantonese, euphemistic) Synonym of 仆街

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpe.ka/

### Noun

PK (uncountable)
* (military) Initialism of prajurit karier.
* (law) Initialism of peninjauan kembali.
* (management) Initialism of perjanjian kinerja.
* (mechanical engineering) Initialism of paardenkracht (“horsepower”).

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English penalty kick.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ピーケー [pìíkéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [pʲiːke̞ː]

#### Noun

PK(ピーケー) • (pīkē)
* (soccer) penalty kick
    Synonym: ペナルティーキック (penarutī kikku)

##### Derived terms

* PK戦

### Etymology 2

From English psychokinesis.

#### Noun

PK(ピーケー) • (pīkē)
* Synonym of サイコキネシス (saikokinesisu, “psychokinesis”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From McCune-Reischauer Romanization initials of Pusan and Kyŏngnam.

### Proper noun

PK • (Pikei) (hangeul 피케이)
* Busan–Gyeongnam; Busan and South Gyeongsang

#### Synonyms

* 부경 (釜慶, bugyeong)

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* pk

### Adjective

PK (comparative mer PK, superlative mest PK)
* Initialism of politiskt korrekt (“politically correct”); PC
    Jag är så less på PK-media!I'm so tired of politically correct media!

#### See also

* woke

### Noun

PK c
* Initialism of presskonferens (“press conference”).